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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
4
Kyrekiv Capital partners with MITCHELL S to announce TB Printing Co as publisher. The notice lists the involved entities and their roles in the forthcoming publication project, signaling a formal collaboration and timing details to follow.
The Supreme Court upholds the lower court finding that a court may compel witnesses to answer questions in interstate cases even if answers may incriminate them. Justices Field Shiras White dissented, claiming constitutional protections suffice.
Lord Salisbury sends a reply to the Memorial favoring Anglo American arbitration of the Venezuelan question. He notes the government considers the issue and proposals are before the United States government. Liberal papers praise the reply as a hopeful sign and urge reciprocal action from the United States.
The Week’s review notes limited recovery signs with better shoe and small industry activity but overall weak prices and cautious outlook. Wheat receipts surge, corn prices slip, and U S failures rise. A dynamite blast in Elliott City kills two and injures three. In Kansas, Mrs Rodman and Clark implicated in her husband’s murder. St Louis plans lodging for 80 000 GOP and third-party delegates. Portland’s Neal Dow celebrated his 92nd birthday without formal observance. Texas Bellville hanged two Black men for murder. Pittsburg faces 100000 dollar refinery fire losses.
A warehouse blaze at a refinery spread before detection, enveloping the wares and reaching the tanks. Oil fire rushed down spilling across the property, defying water attempts and blocking the Allegheny Valley Railroad tracks. Telegraph lines and poles burned. nine refined oil tanks destroyed.
Miss Douglas describes a horrific assault near Westfield Iowa after meeting a young man on the Akron road. She fainted twice, was dragged into bushes, sexually assaulted, and forced to ride a horse for over two hours before being found bound on the animal.
A group of men encamped on Assateague Beach are believed by locals to be filibusters planning to sail to Cuba. They were landed from a small steamer, claim they await its return from Norfolk, while island residents suspect Bermuda expedition ties.
The article notes W W Hamilton’s gold brick proved brass after an acid test, with $750 express charges paid for months. It reports Marquis of Salisbury’s £10,000 testimonial to Mr Middleton, and Lexow bill nearing third reading in the New York assembly. Also recounts Washakie murderers caught in Malta, 8000 killed in Uria disturbances, Russia’s Corea policy, Vermont blizzard, and a remark on football being a crime in Henry VIII’s England.
The House adopted a resolution censuring Ambassador Bayard for his utterances in Great Britain by 180 to 71 with many Democrats voting for. A second resolution urging diplomats abroad to avoid public discussion passed 191 to 59. The day highlighted deep partisan split and Bayard's long service noted by speakers like Adams of Pennsylvania.
Havana reports a brutal clash at Pinar del Rio where Weyler’s forces suffered a heavy loss. The Havana dispatches contradict earlier press notes and suggest Spain’s Cuban effort is faltering with possible resignation or recall of Weyler anticipated. Washington officials see the revolt as increasingly intractable and unlikely to be settled before the rainy season.
The article recounts the congressional debate over censuring Ambassador Bayard for partisan remarks and the related vote splits. It also covers local Anderson Indiana cigarette smoking ordinance, Port Said reports on Barratieri, and British policy on the Soudan with Chamberlain defending Egypt’s interests and Morley’s civil service cut vote failing.
A Thursday snowstorm cripples railroad service in New York State with twenty two inches of snowfall in two days. Most routes into Rochester are abandoned or severely delayed except Western New York and Pennsylvania. At Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg and New York Central junction seven engines struggled to move a single train onto the Central tracks. The Southwestern Limited between Chicago and Buffalo was briefly lost and arrived more than two hours late. Thermometer reads eight below.
Ex President Harrison’s bride choice contrasts with the so called new woman Mary Lord Dimmick. She eschews shirts waists bicycles and athletics preferring music embroidery and books. She collects autographs and adores Jean de Reszke and Richard Mansfield. The wedding in St Thomas Church NY at noon April 6 will be private with twelve guests. Lieut Parker to give away the bride as the couple heads to Indianapolis for a public reception. They plan a Adirondacks cottage in August.
Thirteen Indiana district conventions named delegates to the St Louis Republican convention. Five districts instructed for McKinley. others indorsed McKinley or left votes flexible. The Business Men's League of St Louis opened an information bureau to aid delegates and visitors. Emil Rickard near Toronto became a raving maniac after religious revival, believing he must kill his wife and child.
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